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Mr. Marius-Constantin Budăi, the Romanian Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity, met the Executive Director of ELA, Mr. Cosmin Boiangiu today in Bratislava, Slovakia. They opened ELA event with the network of Labour and Social Attaché working at Romanian Embassies in EU Member States. The aim of the event was to strengthen cooperation in promoting fair labour mobility.

10 Member States with 60 experts come together in the first edition. Venice, Sofia, Bratislava will host the events.

In the European Year of Youth, five EU Agencies, Cedefop, Eurofound, ELA, EU-OSHA and ETF are together to organise an event with the EMPL Committee of the European Parliament to share their insights and explore the challenges and opportunities for young people in times of uncertainty.

Two information leaflets for drivers and operators in the road transport sector are now available in multilingual versions.

As a part of ELA’s activities focused on the displaced persons coming from Ukraine, the European Labour Authority (ELA) has completed a mapping exercise on the measures taken by the EU and EFTA (European Free Trade Association) Member States in the area of employment and social security for displaced persons from Ukraine.

The European Labour Authority, together with the Italian Ministry of Labor and Social Policies and in cooperation with the Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Economy, held an event in Rome to discuss the transnational aspects of platform work.

Professionals from all 27 Member States in Brussels for the first Training Programme on EU Labour Mobility.

From the 13th to the 17th of June the “Truck & Bus” action week took place on European roads across 7 different Member States. ELA and ROADPOL facilitated the cooperation of Member States authorities. Roadside checks were made in Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Spain.

This week, ELA, together with the European Commission, launched the IMI-PROVE programme under ELA’s Mutual Learning and Understanding Framework. The aim of the programme is to improve the use of the IMI System modules for posting of workers and road transport.

Road transport and seasonal work are the focus areas for 2022. Deadline 15 October 2022.

10 cross-border inspections and 15 Member States were involved in a joint initiative coordinated and supported by ELA in the construction sector.

ELA's mediation service has been successfully used by two Member States, Cyprus and Germany. The mediation succeeded toresolve a long-standing dispute in the field of social security coordination between the two countries.

ELA organised the second edition of Training Programme - Basics of EU Labour Mobility, taking place in Valetta, Malta from the 10th to the 12th of May 2023.

Recent trends and expected impact on the job market and main activities of ELA supporting fair and efficient labour mobility at the conference Future of Work in 21st Century organized by the Confederation of Trade Unions of Slovakia.

The Meeting offered an opportunity to share and discuss analytical approaches and modi operandi for tackling labour exploitation and trafficking of human beings. The Meeting was organized by the European Labour Authority (ELA) in cooperation with the Netherlands’ Labour Authority and France’s Gendarmerie Nationale and was attended by representatives from labour inspectorates and law enforcement authorities from EU Member States.

The report provides practitioners from the Member States, the social partners and experts with a better understanding of the EU rules, challenges in the application of the legislation and enhancement of cross-border cooperation in relation to the posting of third-country nationals.